Chapter 986 Fight with Tyson
"Invest in theaters?"
After listening to the girl's words, Li Ba thought for a while and said: "Then let's set up a subsidiary under Senbei, specializing in theater chains, and operate them independently. You can decide the rest by yourself."
The next day, the castle welcomed Arum and Lady Liz.
The two made a special appointment to come together to discuss the boxing match with Li Ba.
"Iron Hammer, you gave up the title by retiring and gave up the title, but you cheated Da Ke. However, he regained the title you gave up in May this year. Do you still want to fight him?"
After a while of pleasantries, we got down to business, and Arum smiled.
"He still wants to fight me?" Li Ba asked.
"Of course he wants to get back in the game. Didn't you know that Xiao Ke announced his official retirement last month?" Arum said.
Li Ba was startled.
After thinking about it, he said: "Let's arrange it after the new season. No matter who it is, my opponent must be of the strongest level."
"OK!"
Arum and Mrs. Liz were surprised.
Arum added: "Remember the fight you promised Michael Tyson? He practiced for a year, but you retired and he was so angry that he almost went crazy!"
Li Ba was stunned and laughed.
"What happened next? Is he still practicing?" he asked.
"Still practicing." Arum said.
Li Ba thought for a moment and said, "Can it be done this month?"
"You want to fight?"
Arum and Mrs. Liz stood up in surprise.
"Tyson is 42 years old, right? Give him a fight, let him earn some pension money, and then send him to retire." Li Ba said with a smile.
"Okay, we'll start promoting it right away." Arum said excitedly.
However, he added: "But Hammer, the time is too tight, I'm afraid the promotion intensity is insufficient. And the public opinion is not in your favor recently, I am worried that the boxing match will be affected."
"It doesn't matter. If the United States doesn't work, then you can consider arranging it in Europe." Li Bada said.
Arum smiled and said: "Yes, in fact, the heavyweight boxing scene in the United States has been in decline in recent years. It has been completely suppressed by Eastern Europe. The market there is also good. But we should consider the United States first, after all, the interests here are more It’s bigger and has higher spending power, so the box office will be affected there.”
Next, the two discussed the details again and left in a hurry.
The next day, the news about the battle between Li Ba and Tyson appeared, and it began to spread all over the world in the shortest time.
Michael Tyson, the most destructive world boxing champion in the history of heavyweight boxing, has the best dodge, the most explosive power, the best hooks, the most powerful punches, and the most ferocious punches. wind.
A large number of media flocked to Senbei Castle, and Senbei Castle became the most lively place in Napa Valley.
Arum also sent a group of people to the castle the next day to help Li Ba train.
Now that there is no virtual interface and no ten-fold time difference, all of Li Ba's boxing training must be carried out in reality, which makes his time very tight and his daily schedule is full, either basketball or boxing.
On September 4, Arum arranged a boxing match and then announced the news.
In order to keep the level of the boxing match from being too low, Arum gave Tyson an appearance fee of 10 million US dollars, which made Tyson very happy. Although it is far less than before, for him now this is a sky-high price, which can make him Pay off the bank debt, get out of bankruptcy, and return to normalcy.
Li Ba's appearance fee is US$40 million, which is higher than when he fought Da Ke. Arum and WMA have spent a lot of money.
In addition, a huge prize pool of 50 million US dollars has been set up, which will be divided into 80% and 80%, with the winners taking the percentage and the losers also sharing 20%.
Just these expenses, excluding publicity expenses, the promoter's expenses reached 100 million US dollars. It can be seen that although Arum and WMA do not have much confidence in the promotion of this boxing match, they still have great expectations, so Still invested a lot of money.
The boxing match was finally arranged in the United States, and at Madison Garden in New York, the home of the Knicks.
The time is September 30th, there are still twenty days left.
Time was tight, so Li Ba put most of his energy into boxing training.
Arum was previously worried about the negative promotion of the boxing match, but as time passed, by the middle of the month, with only one week of promotion, he had wiped away all his previous thoughts.
He called Li Ba and told him some good news.
For example, there are still many sponsors for boxing matches, the response from boxing fans is very good, and the market survey response is also good.
On the 17th, Gao Yuanyuan and Wu Jiehui came to visit.
"Guoguo, come on, now you are your mother." As soon as they met, Gao Yuanyuan hugged Guoguo and never let go.
The little girl had a sweet mouth, and Yuanyuan's mother kept shouting, making Gao Yuanyuan very happy.
"Tugao, tell me, you play basketball and boxing, and now you want to practice tennis. What do you want to do?" Gao Yuanyuan asked.
Li Ba smiled and said, "Isn't this just to guide Guoguo to play tennis in the future?"
"For this little guy?" Gao Yuanyuan gently pinched the little girl's cheek in his arms and said angrily: "You are planning so far ahead when you are less than one year old?"
“Cultivate your interest from an early age to avoid going astray in the future.” Li Ba said with a smile.
Gao Yuanyuan said: "I'm optimistic about the winery Dayao wants, but now the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States is getting worse. There are many wineries in Napa Valley that want to sell off, but no one has taken over, and the price is lower than last year. Two percent.”
"Is he sure he wants to buy it?" Li Ba asked.
"With the current economic crisis, cash is king, and he is still considering it," Gao Yuanyuan said.
"All the wine in our winery is sold out. The price is not bad. I think it's not bad." The girl said on the side.
Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said: "Seven to eighty percent of Senbei's wine has been sold back to China, so business is certainly good."
Li Ba suddenly asked the girl: "By the way, Xixi, how much cash do I still have in my account?"
The girl said: "My cousin said a while ago that the amount here is 150 million U.S. dollars and the domestic amount is 460 million yuan. This is what is left after donating 100 million U.S. dollars for the earthquake and paying back taxes."
Gao Yuanyuan said: "You retired last year and did not accept any new sponsorships or endorsements. This is all the original sponsorship fee income."
Li Ba thought for a while and said: "We can't buy houses here in the United States. Let's buy domestic ones."
"There are already hundreds of units in Beijing, why are you still buying them?" the girl asked in shock.
"Those are Guoguo's, not mine. If you give me a girl in the future, if you don't have hundreds of houses on hand, what will you do with her?" Li Ba said.
Gao Yuanyuan smiled and scolded: "According to what you say, I will never dare to have children in the future. If I give birth to a daughter, where will I find hundreds of houses for her?"
Li Ba pointed at Wu Jiehui and said, "He prepared it, do you need to prepare it?"
Wu Jiehui laughed, nodded repeatedly and said: "Tie Hammer, you are so right, let's get it together."
Gao Yuanyuan and the girl were speechless.